Chapter 27 Quiz

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. Two patterns characterized European politics outside western and central Europe in the period of 1750-1900: the first pattern was _________by European countries.

the rise of bureaucratic corruption and mismanagement correct incorrect

the rise of independent clients states as part of a commonwealth correct incorrect

the pursuit of a new imperialism against the decentralizing Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

the rise of indirect territorial imperialism-colonialism correct incorrect

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. A system in which people from one country establish a more or less elaborate administrative system in a conquered overseas territory, accompanied by economic exploitation is referred to as _________.

colonialism correct incorrect

communism correct incorrect

a commonwealth correct incorrect

a mandate correct incorrect

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. By 1750, the chief European rival competing against British commercial monopoly in India were the _________, who were aggressively building up both trade and political power in the southern part of peninsular India.

Dutch correct incorrect

French correct incorrect

Portuguese correct incorrect

Spanish correct incorrect

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. For the British East India Company, the evolution of a shadow government in the area around Calcutta in Bengal on the northeast coast would be strategically advantageous in the wake of the collapse of Mughal central power as regional leaders could _________in securing British supremacy in the area.

now form their own independent kingdoms correct incorrect

be easily and systematically eliminated correct incorrect

now be enlisted as allies correct incorrect

now resist Russian incursions correct incorrect

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. In 1757, the battle of _________effectively eliminated the French threat in the subcontinent and consolidated Great Britain's supremacy in India following the treaty that ended the Seven Years' War in 1763.

Calcutta correct incorrect

Palashi correct incorrect

Bengal correct incorrect

Plassey correct incorrect

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. The East India Company's influence and control in northern Indian grew at the expense of:

The Ottoman Empire correct incorrect

The Mughal Empire correct incorrect

Chinese influence in the region correct incorrect

The Portuguese correct incorrect

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. Many of the East India Company menbecame great admirers of Indian culture and were fond of what was known as "going native," even to the point of occasionally wielding power as local magnates or _________, a term which later came to be generally used to define anyone who acquired a large fortune in India under British rule.

nabobs correct incorrect

sepoys correct incorrect

jawan correct incorrect

gentoos correct incorrect

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. What British policy softened the blow of conquest?

the overthrow of local monarchies correct incorrect

importing goods from European nations correct incorrect

exporting goods to European nations correct incorrect

non-interference with Indian customs and institutions correct incorrect

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. By 1830,, many of the Protestant missionaries involved in mission-based reform efforts in India sought to reform India along the same lines they envisioned for Britain, including all but one of the following reforms:

better working conditions for the poor correct incorrect

worldwide abolition of slavery correct incorrect

the abolition of "barbaric" practices correct incorrect

a vigorous Christian missionary effort correct incorrect

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. In the aftermath of disillusionment caused by the wholesale change and reform instigated by British missionaries, the Great Rebellion of 1857, also known by the British as the Sepoy Mutiny and by the Indians as the _________, broke out among the East India Company's Sepoy troops and swiftly turned into a civil war as pro- and anti-British Indian forces clashed across Northern India.

The Great Mutiny correct incorrect

Sepoy Revolt correct incorrect

First War of Independence correct incorrect

The Great Mutiny Revolt correct incorrect

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. The period of direct British rule in India following the failure of the First War of Independence, or the Great Rebellion, is known as the British _________.

Punjab correct incorrect

Maj correct incorrect

Assam correct incorrect

Raj correct incorrect

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. At the onset of direct British rule, the British government conducted sweeping reforms to avoid a repeat of the events of 1857, among which were all but one of the following?

The East India Company was dismantled correct incorrect

Queen Victoria announced that her government would intensify efforts to Christianize Indians and eliminate local religions correct incorrect

An Indian Civil Service, open to both British and Indian subjects, was created to administer India's affairs correct incorrect

The British government itself took up the task of governing India correct incorrect

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. In 1885, the Indian National Congress, the precursor of India's present Congress Party, was first convened with the ongoing mission of _________.

winning greater autonomy for India within the structure of the British Empire correct incorrect

seeking India's immediate independence from Great Britain correct incorrect

expanding British control over Indian affairs correct incorrect

preventing India from joining the Commonwealth of Nations correct incorrect

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. Australia began its history under British control as a _________.

religious exile colony correct incorrect

resort colony correct incorrect

penal colony correct incorrect

surf colony correct incorrect

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. Important early commercial interests in Australia included all but one of the following:

wool correct incorrect

cacao correct incorrect

gold correct incorrect

silver correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does not describe Australia's demographic and economic development in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

growth of the native aboriginal population correct incorrect

gold-rush-based immigration correct incorrect

thriving wool and gold export business correct incorrect

indentured agricultural labor by Pacific Islanders correct incorrect

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. In 1900, Australia finally adopted a federal constitution, making the country the second fully autonomous "dominion" after _________.

New Zealand correct incorrect

South Africa correct incorrect

Canada correct incorrect

Ireland correct incorrect

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. The initial catalyst fueling the imperialist race by European powers in the first half of the nineteenth century had its origins in _________in the late eighteenth century designed to drive the Ottomans back into Asia and convert Constantinople into an Eastern Christian capital.

Great Britain's imperialist policies correct incorrect

Napoleon's imperialist policies correct incorrect

Russia's southern expansion pattern correct incorrect

Prussia's eastern expansion pattern correct incorrect

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. After the failure in 1815 of Napoleon's imperial schemes in both Egypt and Europe, _________became the undisputed leading empire in the world and the chief European power to protect Ottoman integrity.

Great Britain correct incorrect

Prussia correct incorrect

Belgium correct incorrect

Russia correct incorrect

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. The international political system that dominated Europe from 1815 to 1871 and which advocated a balance of power among states is referred to as the _________, and it was aimed at preventing any renewed European imperialist goals of the kind Napoleon had pursued.

League of Nations correct incorrect

United European Nations correct incorrect

European Union correct incorrect

Concert of Europe correct incorrect

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. The first Anglo-Afghan war in 1838, ushered in the rivalry for supremacy over Central Asia between the British and the Russian Empires, a period otherwise known as the _________.

British-Russian Game correct incorrect

Great Game correct incorrect

British Offensive correct incorrect

Russian Offensive correct incorrect

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. Unable to repay the enormous debt incurred from the French-led construction of the _________in 1869, a debt-collection effort which Britain had taken over from France, Egypt was ultimately occupied by a British expeditionary force in 1882.

Corinthian Canal correct incorrect

Panama Canal correct incorrect

Suez Canal correct incorrect

Hormuz Canal correct incorrect

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. Which of the following nations was not an autonomous Ottoman province ruled by its own dynasty?

Algeria correct incorrect

Tunisia correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

Malta correct incorrect

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. The _________was the belief that European colonizers had a duty to extend the benefits of European civilization to "backward" peoples.

Pan-Africanism correct incorrect

International Committee on African Missions correct incorrect

Monrovia Mission correct incorrect

Civilizing Mission correct incorrect

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. European colonialism on the coast of West Africa after 1885 was an outgrowth of the traditional _________.

international slave trade correct incorrect

slave trade correct incorrect

trade fort system correct incorrect

debt bondage correct incorrect

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. _________was ruled by an Omani sultan and exported cloves on the world market.

Zanzibar correct incorrect

Pemba correct incorrect

Kilindoni correct incorrect

Mkokotoni correct incorrect

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. Heirs to the Portuguese spice trade, the _________were the world's undisputed naval power from 1650 to 1750.

French correct incorrect

British correct incorrect

Dutch correct incorrect

Spanish correct incorrect

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. Following the Napoleonic Wars, the Dutch pursued a colonial policy referred to as the _________in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) whereby native subsistence farmers were forced to grow government crops on 20 percent of their land or work for 60 days on Dutch plantations.

crop system correct incorrect

cultivation system correct incorrect

forced crop system correct incorrect

forced servitude system correct incorrect

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. The Spanish built their first trade fort in the Philippines at_________, as a place from which to trade with China after conquering Mexico from the Aztecs.

Mindanao correct incorrect

Visaya correct incorrect

Manila correct incorrect

Luzon correct incorrect

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. The Philippine Islands, named after _________, were claimed for Spain by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.

Philip IV of Spain correct incorrect

Philip I of Castile correct incorrect

Philip II of Portugal correct incorrect

Philip II of Spain correct incorrect

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. The primary spokesman for Filipino nationalism, a movement primarily led by Hispanicized Filipinos of mixed Spanish and indigenous or Chinese descent, in the latter half of the nineteenth century, was _________.

Andres Bonifacio correct incorrect

Louis Riel correct incorrect

José Rizal correct incorrect

Emilio Aguinaldo correct incorrect

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. Spanish colonialism in the Pacific came to an end in 1898 with their defeat in the _________.

Spanish-American War correct incorrect

War for Spanish Succession correct incorrect

Anglo-Spanish War correct incorrect

First World War correct incorrect

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. French imperial and colonial involvement in Vietnam began in 1858 under _________.

Louis-Philippe correct incorrect

Napoleon III correct incorrect

Napoleon I correct incorrect

Louis XVIII correct incorrect

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. The driving force behind Vietnam's early anti-foreign patriotism at the dawn of the twentieth century was _________.

Emperor Gia Long correct incorrect

Emperor Tu Duc correct incorrect

Phan Boi Chau correct incorrect

Liang Quichao correct incorrect

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The image above celebrates Robert Clive's victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The battle marked the end of __________ influence in India.

Portuguese correct incorrect

French correct incorrect

Dutch correct incorrect

British correct incorrect

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The image above shows Scottish(British) troops at the Sphinx in 1882. What were to two main reasons that the British occupied Egypt?

To guarantee Egyptian repayment of debt correct incorrect

To secure a line of communication to the Sudan correct incorrect

To secure the Suez Canal correct incorrect

To protect minorities in the country correct incorrect

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Which are the only two independent countries in Africa?

Madagascar correct incorrect

Libya correct incorrect

Liberia correct incorrect

Ethiopia correct incorrect